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TIL that we have crystals in our ears that sense gravity and give you balance

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QxKe TIL That Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Theodore Roosevelt Jr, was the only General involved in the initial assault on D-Day, after insisting to his superiors that he be one of the first ones off the boats. He survived the battle but died of a heart attack one month later.
BrglK TIL that most of the presidentially pardoned turkeys die within a year of being spared
XD5E TIL Kanye West’s hook, ‘No one man should have that much power’, quotes a police officers response to a pivotal Harlem protest that Malcolm X organized
8paL TIL there are parasite butterflies whose larvae mimic ant larvae so the worker ants will feed them, and mimic queen ants to get extra attention. Researchers once saw larvae attacked by the queen ants, upon which ant workers saved the butterflies and attacked their queens.
yRke TIL, The world’s biggest ever recorded turtle was a Leatherback Turtle that washed up Harlech Beach, Wales, in 1988. It was estimated to be 100 years old, and was almost 9 foot in length weighing a tumultuous 2,016 lbs!